María Rivera (activist)

María Magdalena Rivera Iribarren (born 28 January 1958) is a Chilean political activist, politician and lawyer.

María Rivera
María Rivera
Member of the Constitutional Convention
In office
4 July 2021 – 4 July 2022
Constituency8th Disctict
Personal details
Born (1958-01-28) 28 January 1958
Santiago, Chile
Other political
affiliations		The List of the People (2020–2021)[1]
Alma materBolivarian University of Chile (BA)
OccupationPolitical activist
ProfessionLawyer

She is part of the International Workers' Movemement (IWM) linked to the Fourth International (of trotskyist filiation).[2][3][4]

Biography

When Rivera was 12 in 1970, she worked as an activist for Salvador Allende candidacy. Then, in 1972 she became part of the Revolutionary Students Front (FER).[5]

In 2019, she was a founding member of the «Popular Defender», organisation which has the objective of defending prisoners of the Social Outbrust (2019–20 protests).[5]

During the 2020–21 period, she was proposed as candidate for the Constitutional Convention,[6] which was formalized in early 2021 when was reported that she will run for the 8th District.[7] Thus, media like El Líbero ―rightist online newspaper― branded her as a «ultra» due to her trotskyist filiation[7][6] and IWM purposes for take «the power for the workers and the people, only one solution to finish the exploitation and capitalism».[7]

References
  1. "María Rivera (Lista del Pueblo): "La palabra expropiación provoca mucha alarma, la correcta es recuperar"". CNN Chile. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. "María Magdalena Rivera Iribarren: Un poco sobre lo que queremos". The List of the People Website. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. "El movimiento de ultraizquierda que domina Plaza Italia y que organiza nuevo estallido para marzo". El Líbero. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. "Chile: Un terremoto político. Gran triunfo de la clase trabajadora y la juventud, María Rivera a la Constituyente!". Fourth International. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. "Constituyente Electa: María Magdalena Rivera Iribarren". La Tercera. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. "María Rivera: Una candidatura independiente y revolucionaria al distrito 8". La voz de los Trabajadores (Chile). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. "Los "ultras" que buscan llegar a la Convención Constituyente". El Líbero. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.


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